The UN Declares War on Judeo-Christian Civilization

How is it that Western jurisprudence, created after the Second World War to prevent more crimes against humanity, is now being used to perpetuate more crimes and against democracies?

It is a dreadful manipulation to try erase all Jewish and Christian history, to make believe that all the world was originally and forever only Islamic. That is what a jihad looks like. It is not just orange jumpsuits, beheadings and slavery. If one can erase and rewrite history, one can redirect the future.

Last month, the President of the UN General Assembly sported the famous keffiyah scarf, a symbol of the "Palestinian resistance" (read terrorism). This is simply the continuation of the cultural obliteration of Israel, which is supposed to justify next its physical obliteration.

The UN's war on the Israel's Jews is, at heart, a war against the West. The UN and its backers are briskly paving the way for the European Caliphate.

2016 has been a sumptuous year for the anti-Semites at the United Nations. The UN Security Council just targeted the only democracy in the Middle East: the State of Israel. The outgoing Obama Administration reportedly orchestrated what even Haaretzcalled a "hit and run" campaign in UN to denigrate the Jewish State and leave it to a fate where only conflict and hate loom. This is a cultural genocide that is no less dangerous than terror attacks. It is based on anti-Semitic lies and creates the atmosphere not for achieving "peace", as disingenuously claimed, but for perpetuating war.

UNSC Resolution 2334 is the culmination of a dizzyingly fruitful year for anti-Semites. Last November, committees of the UN General Assembly in a single day adopted 10 resolutions against Israel, the only open society in the Middle East. How many resolutions have been approved against Syria? One. How many against the rogue state of North Korea? One. How many against Russia when it annexed Crimea? One.

"Even as Syrian president Bashar Assad is preparing for the final massacre of his own people in Aleppo, the U.N. adopted a resolution -- drafted and co-sponsored by Syria -- which falsely condemns Israel for "repressive measures" against Syrian citizens on the Golan Heights. It's obscene."

Not a single resolution was approved for those states which really abuse human rights, such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, China or Cuba, not to mention many virtual tyrannies throughout Africa. Only one resolution was approved for the "Palestinian refugee properties", but not even a single mention for the property of the Iraqi Christians in Mosul.

Another resolution in this racist banquet of the United Nations concerned the "application of the Geneva Convention in the occupied territories". There are hundreds of territorial disputes in the world, from Tibet to Cyprus, but only Israel deserves to be called out?

According to the liars at the United Nations, the most evil country in the world is Israel. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad, and Jordan's Prince Zeid al Hussein are sponsoring even now a "blacklist" of international companies that have ties with Israeli companies in Judea, Samaria, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, to facilitate boycotting Israel in the evident hope of economically exterminating the only democracy and pluralistic nation in the region: the Jewish State.

The UN Envoy for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui of Algeria, suggested also including the Israeli army in the blacklist of countries and groups that regularly cause harm to children, along with Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, the Islamic State, the Taliban, and countries such as the Congo and the Central African Republic, infamous for their child-soldiers -- but of course not the Palestinians, who continue to promote using children as combatants and children as "martyrs". How is it that Western jurisprudence, created after the Second World War to prevent more crimes against humanity, is now being used to perpetuate more crimes and against democracies?

The UN women's rights commission condemned Israel as the world's only violator of women's rights. Not Syria, where Assad's forces use rape as a tactic of war, or the Islamic State, which enslaves women from religious minorities. Not Saudi Arabia, where women are punished if they do not wear the Islamic full-covering clothing in scorching temperatures, or drive a car or even leave the house. Not Iran, where "adultery" (which can include being raped) is punishable by being stoned to death. And if Palestinian men beat their wives, it's Israel's fault, argued UN expert Dubravka Simonovic with a straight face.

The UN's World Health Organization also singled out Israel as the only violator in the world of "mental, physical and environmental health", despite Israel being the only state in the world actually to give medical care to its enemies (ask Hamas leaders' children).

Canadian law professor Michael Lynk was then appointed as the UN's "impartial" investigator of alleged Israeli human rights violations despite his long record of anti-Israel lobbying, including his board membership on many pro-Palestinian organizations, including Friends of Sabeel and the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations.

Last October, the UN cultural agency, UNESCO -- by magically declaring ancient Biblical Jewish sites "Islamic", even though Islam did not historically exist until the seventh century, hundreds of years later -- pretended, with the villainous complicity of the West, to erase the Jewish-Christian roots of Jerusalem.

It is a dreadful manipulation to try erase all Jewish and Christian history, to make believe that all the world was originally and forever only Islamic. It is a jihad. That is what a jihad looks like. It is not just orange jumpsuits, beheadings and slavery. If one can erase and rewrite history, one can redirect the future. If you do not know where you are coming from, what values will you defend or fight for?

Names matter. If it is Jewish, then it is called "Judea and Samaria"; if it is "Palestine", you can say the "Jews stole it" and that Israel is a "colonialist construct" based on "injustice". Why then is no one is pointing to the entire continent of South America, conquered from the native Indians by Cortés, Pizarro and Europeans with guns?

The latest UN Security Council resolution against Israel is not only about "settlements", but the Old City of Jerusalem. Its members want to reset history not at 1967, but at 1948, the year Israel was born.

When Marcel Breuer and Bernard Zerfuss designed UNESCO's building in concrete and glass at the Place Fontenoy in Paris, and Pablo Picasso donated frescoes to it, they most likely imagined the rebirth of Western culture after the tragedies of war, the Holocaust and the Nazi nightmare. Never in any other spot on earth were words such as "education", "science", "culture", "freedom", "peace" and "brotherhood" repeated so many times. There was hope and commitment that the future would be better -- not worse. But the dream lasted no longer than the few minutes of the announcement.

The Soviet Union had in fact already stained UNESCO's cultural programs with the red of Communism, such as when UNESCO promoted a "new world information order", the goal of which goal was to end the dominance of the Western press -- presented as a "threat" to the "cultural identity" of "Third-World" nations. Under the Eiffel Tower, the authoritarian and anti-Western Third World then took control of the UN cultural center, which became, according with the Washington Post, "overly bureaucratic, costly, wasteful and imbued with an anti-Western, anti-capitalist bias".

Since then, Israel continues to be treated as a pariah by these ideological and corporeal criminals on the Seine. Even after that, in 1975 the UN body "tipped its hand" by propagating the anti-Semitic blood libel of "Zionism is racism".

Last month, the President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson, sported the famous checkered scarf, the keffiyah, a symbol of the "Palestinian resistance" (read terrorism). This is simply the continuation of the cultural obliteration of Israel, which is supposed to justify next its physical obliteration.

Last month, the President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson, sported the famous checkered scarf, the keffiyah, a symbol of the "Palestinian resistance" (read terrorism). This is simply the continuation of the cultural obliteration of Israel, which is supposed to justify next its physical obliteration. (Image source: UN/Manuel Elias)

The fate of Judeo-Christian civilization -- Christianity as well as Judaism -- on which all our values are based, is tied to the fate of the State of Israel. If Israel ceases to exist, so does Christianity. The world has been witnessing how the few Christians and other non-Muslims still remaining in the rest of the Middle East -- once the glorious Christian Byzantium -- are being slaughtered, now that the Jews and Greeks are gone.

The United Nations' war on the Israel's Jews is, at heart, a war against the West. The UN and its backers are briskly paving the way for the European Caliphate.

Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author.

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33 Reader Comments

Morris Givner • Jan 8, 2017 at 17:32

When the U.S. returns 40% of the original Mexican territory to Mexico, when Britain returns Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Russia returns most of her territory to the native peoples, China returns Tibet and other conquered lands, Canada, Australia and New Zealand return their conquered territories to the native peoples, then Israel will return the land won in war from the 5 Arab national invading armies following the UN approved State of Israel in 1948. The Jewish People have lived in Israel for over 3000 years. Jews have suffered murderous expulsions throughout history by the Babylonians, Romans, England ,Spain, massive exterminations by Germany and recent expulsions from Arab nations since 1948. Tiny and democratic Israel is the only insurance policy for Jews that they'll have a tomorrow.

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Matt • Jan 2, 2017 at 14:13

The problem is the rise of equality. But what does equality really mean?

Equality within nations (communism), and equality between nations (globalism, immigration)

Equality means those nations who have risen above the rest are the bad guys. Think the West and Israel. Those who have fallen behind are victims - the good guys. Does this sound like the world has been turned upside-down?

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Thomas Hennigan • Jan 2, 2017 at 12:00

The UN no longer serves any useful purpose and it is only causing trouble. Hopefullly, Trump will defund it.

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Michael S Thomas Hennigan • Jan 4, 2017 at 11:02

Hello, Thomas.

The UN was formed after WWII by the victorious allies, chiefly the US, Russia, the UK, France and China. It provided a forum for those powers to divide up the world among them, and to create a framework to continue this governance after the colonial powers divested themselves of their colonies. From the start, then, there has been a division between the five "rulers" (who became veto-power, permanent members of the UNSC) and the other "mere countries".

Israel is, in this framework, a "mere country", to be managed as the Five see fit. The recent anti-Israel Security Council resolution, therefore, expressed the desires of those Five. It may have been New Zealand, Senegal, Venezuela and Malaysia who "co-sponsored" the resolution; and the Palestinian Arabs may have been the chief beneficiaries; but the resolution was actually a means for the US, UK, France, Russia and Red China to govern Israel.

Yes, the US can withhold funding from the UN for a while (some 22% of its budget); but that will only be for show.

By the way, a little quiz:

1. Who was the first Israeli PM to call for a "two-state solution"?

ANS: It was Ehud Olmert, at the 2007 Annapolis Conference (where the Israeli delegates entered through the servants' entrance while the Arabs entered through the front door). He did this to appease US President George W. Bush, who was the first President to declare "Two-State" to be official US policy.

2. Who came up with the idea of a "settlement freeze"?

ANS: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in November, 2009. He acted unilaterally, with no coaxing by any other party.

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Linda Rivera • Dec 28, 2016 at 21:27

It's very distressing that not only the MSM LIE about Assad, but so do organisations on the right.

Christianophobie The Assad family was welcomed by hundreds of local Christians at the Our Lady Monastery, where they spent several hours. Last year, the President and his family visited the Christian village of Maaloula at Christmas.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited orphaned children at the Saidnaya monastery on Sunday. At the monastery, Assad was greeted by nuns and some of the fifty orphaned children currently residing there.

This Scripture is JEHOVAH GOD returning to DESTROY ALL of ISRAEL's enemies. HE is going to do this ALL by HIMSELF. It will happen exactly like this Scripture says.

ISAIAH 63 Who is this that cometh from Edom (Jordan), with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed(ISRAEL)is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people(ISRAEL'S ENEMIES)in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. (In other words, this is going to be a "rubout" AND THE WINNER WILL BE JEHOVA GOD).

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Elizabeth • Dec 28, 2016 at 15:03

The world is in turmoil from all directions, and it is getting worse by the day. Moral and spiritual bankruptcy go hand in hand with those who promote and justify destruction of Jews and Christians (and other minorities).The bottom line is that this is a battle of good against evil. Even though there is anguish for many in the mean time, prayer is the most effective weapon and in the end, GOD will prevail. He has promised.

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James Stamulis • Dec 28, 2016 at 10:05

Every Christian and Jew worldwide needs to give thanks that God allowed Trump to become president and keep praying that God uses Trump to do his will. I remember a little over a year ago I heard Obama give a speech where he said they can't stop us now but then came Trump and Obama choked on those words.

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Barbara Griffith • Dec 28, 2016 at 00:43

I understand that Israel is cutting off some funding to the UN good for them.President-elect Trump was also talking about putting a stop to the U.S. taxpayers footing about 22% of the bill for the UN. Let's remove all of the funding and dump the UN. It is nothing but a nest of terrorists supporters that needs to ordered out of the U.S. What needs to be done is set up our own organization that encourages only countries that have free speech, human rights for their people, no Muslim population, military that protects its borders and its population along with a government that treats its population with respect. We could call it United Free Nations. This is just a suggestion but it looks pretty good to me with Israel as our first member.

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Michael S Barbara Griffith • Dec 28, 2016 at 10:05

Hello, Barbara. You said,

"What needs to be done is set up our own organization that encourages only countries that have free speech, human rights for their people"

The UK, France and Japan all voted for this antisemitic resolution; but all these countries have the freedoms you speak of. This vote was not about freedom; it was an attack on the Jewish claim to legitimacy based on the BIBLE. It calls for removing the Jews from their holy places.

Even some Jews favored the resolution -- unGODly Jews, who are at war with the Bible. This is the root of the problem, not freedom

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SoCalMike • Dec 27, 2016 at 20:28

Giulio,You nailed it, sir.
I've never seen it spelled out and connected so well.

The ultimate target is Western Civilization.
To score that both Islam and the European and American neo-Pagan Left have to erase Judaism first, then Christianity.
Today's precious coastal millennial snow flakes think that's the kind of world they want to live in.
If it ever arrives, they shall be shocked and suddenly claim this mayhem, slaughter and privation isn't what we asked for but it will be exactly what they asked for.

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Michael S SoCalMike • Dec 28, 2016 at 10:37

Hello, SoCalMike. You said,

"If it ever arrives, they shall be shocked and suddenly claim this mayhem, slaughter and privation isn't what we asked for but it will be exactly what they asked for.

When that time arrives, those that survive will probably be busy cursing God and blaming the Jews for their troubles. They will, however, grudgingly go up every year, to do homage to the God of Israel at Jerusalem.

The UNSC vote paves the way for further UN sanctions against Israel, culminating in an invasion a la Afghanistan. It is described in Zechariah 14:

[1] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.[2] For I will gather all nations (read, "The United Nations") against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.[3] Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle...

[12] And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. (This describes nuclear war, and nothing else).[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour (Russians, Chinese, North Koreans and Pakistanis will fight Americans; and Indians Brits and French will probably fight against them. The only thing uniting the "united" nations, is their mutual hatred of Israel and its God. Once they seem to have accomplishe a victory there, they will certainly attack one another).[14] And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.[15] And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.[16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

This is bigger than Obama and "The Coasters".

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John Davis • Dec 27, 2016 at 15:20

When constitutional protection extends to and affords all religions guarantees of religious freedom, what happens when one or more of these religions exploits this right at the expense of the rights of secularists? Moreover, if UN leaders refuse to recognize the rights of secularists as well as the right of religions to exist, and instead selectively screen out those religions and perspectives that fail to fit their current agenda, has the UN then strayed far afield from its original raison d'etre?

What responsibility does the UN have to the world other than demonstrating its unwillingness to regard the perspectives held by traditionalists as well as those held by progressives with equal consideration? Indeed, as Mr. Meotti has pointed out, the world did not begin with the institution of Islam.

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Michael • Dec 27, 2016 at 14:32

Islam is itself based on a falsification of history - salvation history.

Israel has nothing to lose. It might as well undertake a mass expulsion of Muslims from Areas A, B and C, annex the whole lot, and ask the UN "What are you gonna do about it?"

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James Bolton • Dec 27, 2016 at 14:26

Dear Friends,

I am an ardent supporter of Israel the nation, however, I was perplexed by the statement that the fate of Christianity is tied to Israel. While they are indeed historically and biblically connected, that statement needs serious qualification.

Christianity is tied to faith in Christ and Him alone, not to any nation or people group. Christianity is offered to all people of the earth if they will believe that Jesus is the son of God and shed his blood, died and rose again that all who believe might have eternal life through Jesus Christ. The nation of Israel has no effect on that truth what so ever, nor does the US or any other nation.

I appreciate your service and consider your work to be above par, however, statements like the one I am pointing out, are damaging and argumentative. Perhaps I misunderstand your meaning, however, you should again qualify such a statement with explanation.

"Christianity" is of Christ and those who follow him, period. It is not a political tool, but does however provide the true moral standard for all civilized nations. How that effects governments is dependent on the people of each nation and how Christianity influences political/social movement.

In brief, that last statement tells us exactly the difference between America many decades ago and that of today. Each nation decides their own fate before God according to their own dispositions and moral failures. If America fails, it's on us.

Thank You,Russell Bolton

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Michael S • Dec 27, 2016 at 12:47

I am glad to see comment here, on a major turning point in Jewish history. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has listed Obama's vote on the vehemently anti-Jewish resolution the other day, as the worst case of anti-Semitism in 2016:

I might add, that some of the most vehemently anti-Israel (read, "anti-Semitic") voices in America are Jews such as George Soros and Noam Chomsky.

This disease is certainly endemic to the "West" in particular; and it cannot be ascribed to "Racism". The UK, France, Germany, Canada and most of the US can certainly be described as "White" or "Aryan" countries; but it would be difficult to describe Chomsky and Soros this way. Moreover, Barack Obama identifies as a black man; and the Japanese and Chinese, who also voted against Israel, are East Asians.

"Anti-Semitism", therefore, is not race-based: it is Religion-based. More precisely, people who have a spiritual disagreement with the God of Israel, are anti-Jewish and anti-Israel; and these ungodly people, many of them in high places of power, are conspiring to destroy the Jewish homeland.

This accords with the Bible: Zechariah 14 reads,

[1] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.[2] For I will gather ALL NATIONS (namely, the United Nations, or the "United Gentiles") against Jerusalem to battle...

and note how this battle develops:

[12] And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

That verse, written some 2400 years ago, describes a world-wide nuclear war; and what will precipitate it will probably be a UN Security Council resolution against Israel. I have been saying this for years, only to be met with scoffing from Christians and Jews. Maybe this vote by Obama will open some eyes.

That nuclear war, by the way, becomes more likely every time a new nuclear power comes on line. Currently, we have nine: The US, Russia, China, France, the UK, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel. Iran may soon join the list, along with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The scriptures don's say that ISRAEL needs to single-handedly take on these "united" nations. Rather, it says,

[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

Like the gingham dog and the calico cat,

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/duel

They will eat each other up.

Shalom shalom :-)

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Gea • Dec 27, 2016 at 11:19

UN has been hijacked by 56 corrupt, dysfunctional and overpopulated Muslims occupied countries, which are united in their antisemitism, because Mohamed hated the Jews and ethnically cleansed them from Arabia peninsula in 647 AD.

Most of the Muslims occupied countries never signed onto UN 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights which Eleanore Roosevelt help create to prevent another genocide and Holocaust. however, these Islamic countries ruled by sharia of Islam, which is a violation of human rights of individuals, are allowed to be members of UN daily violate human rights of their citizens and defame Israel and Jews. SHANDA!

Other countries which agree with these Muslims occupied countries, which are staging jihad against Western civilization are either politically correct cultural relativist morons or are depending on Muslim oil which buys their votes. Obama is a traitor of not only US but of the Western civilization which is now invaded by Muslims who want to destroy it. Oy vey!

UN needs to kick out any country which does not respect Universal Declaration of Human Rights or US should stop paying for their salaries and ship them back to their home countries and hellholes in the Muslim world and tyrants of Africa, Latin America and Asia.

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Mary Gea • Dec 29, 2016 at 03:24

Hopefully Trump will sort out this corrupt den which is little more than an Islamic mouthpiece.

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stevenl • Dec 27, 2016 at 11:14

Once the Western world decides to adopt a code of Ethics based on the respect of life and the freedom of each individual, it will have NO more reason to continue its war against the Jews.

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Andrew Halmay • Dec 27, 2016 at 10:53

Let us pray that President Trump acts decisively by giving the U.N. an ultimatum, turn this atrocity around or vacate the premises in New York. If we dump the UN we can save over $3 billion per year invest this in our defense budget, perhaps launch a new union with responsible and meaningful nations which have also come to the realization that one cannot negotiate with Islam. Either that or put the valuable property to some meaningful use or sell it and invest the funds in more defense buildup.

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Dean • Dec 27, 2016 at 10:47

Donning Islamic garb to impress your Islamic and leftist friends with your sophomoric multiculturalism is much less dangerous than actually living under Islamic rule. I had brief taste of it in the early '90's as a teacher in a Gulf state but actually living as a Christian (they just don't have any Jews except token remains of once vibrant communities) in Muslim countries is putting one's life at risk.

The anti-Semitic states that make up the UN will soon learn that appeasement leads to more and harsher domination by Islam. The Islamists laugh at the gentle people at the UN who are their excusers and propagandists. They know that without them they will have to fight for domination but with them it will be easy.

Israel knows what to do and the more the EU, Canada and the USA invite Islamism through the front door, Israel will find ways to make sure those who hate Jews and Christians be kept out and stay within the bounds of their 56 Islamic countries.

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Jeff Spaulding • Dec 27, 2016 at 10:46

Especially at the United Nations, where anti-Israel resolutions are being approved as heavily as a winter blizzard. The UN created the State of Israel, and then proceeded to condemn it for the next 78 years. It's proArab stance has succeeded in a rewriting of regional history that is not recognizable by the real facts. Under Obama the US has joined the antiSemitic fever that rules the institution. He would rather pursue an immature personal vendetta against Israel's leader than do the right thing. But then Obama has always gotten along famously with the Arab states. His sympathies have always been anti-Israel.

The majority is never necessarily right. In this case, Obama and the UN are morally, ethically and legally wrong.

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Eric Jan Kamp • Dec 27, 2016 at 08:24

UN has become a nest of Islamic vipers, plus their their chorus of western snake charmers. Mr President-elect D.Trump should drastically cut US contribution to such a rigged institution. Or definitely withdraw from it, and rebuild a decent organisation of nations united under common views and purposes.

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SHUALI • Dec 27, 2016 at 08:15

The latest resolution, tabled in the UN against Israel, signals the beginning of the end for this international organization. Presently the United Nations is the cause of more conflict and strife among nations than unity among them. It, the UN, has been taken over by the weight of the votes of the Islamic countries and is using the UN to advance their agenda of global domination and the installing of the Caliphate. Europe has committed political suicide by absorbing millions of 'refugees' among which are tens of thousands of Islamic terrorist combatants. Hence Europe will not be functional in the battle for the survival of Western Judeo-Christian values. The task of making a serious attempt at confining the Jihadis rests on the United States and Israel. Canada is paralyzed by Trudeau's faulty vision of the world, the UK is dominated by Sharia compliant courts and Russia has made the colossal error of establishing an alliance between itself and Iran. These nations will not help in the battle against Islam and the destruction of Western values but will hinder it.
The UN will not survive and at this point it is not clear what sort of institution will take its place but one thing is certain and that is that Israel is at the helm of this epic struggle and the US, now with Trump as POTUS will provide the energy and resources to wage this battle.

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Jeff Page • Dec 27, 2016 at 08:14

Perhaps the UN and UNESCO have gone the way of most European governments now and given in to the temptation of Saudi Cash!!!No one in their right mind gives up what they have believed for years, this has come at a price. And it seems the price was right for UNESCO and the UN!!!!The Muslim members had the right amount available for the UN to turn history upside down and deny the real truth. Instead, they now push the Muslim agenda, which consists of lies and deception!Stuff the corrupt UN and UNESCO, I believe in what I have been taught and these Muslim appeasers won't ever make me believe otherwise!!!! Get rid of these corrupt organisations pretending to represent us all, it's now become a Muslim mouthpiece, no doubt at a very nice price!!

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Harold Rosenbaum • Dec 27, 2016 at 08:09

I almost wept, when I read this commentary about the latest obscene UN vote on Israel. Most, but not all, Arabs in Arab countries and elsewhere, rejoice in this votes' subjugation of Israel. Obama, always a weak thinker, expresses his disapproval of Israel in the last opportunity for him to tell us how he really feels about Israel. Maybe it's also the way he feels about American Jews, too, I don't know.

I am hopeful that Mr.Trump will be as forthcoming about Israel as he says he will be, after he is inaugurated. He expresses goodwill, and censures the outrageous vote by Mr. Obama. But, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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Juanita Skelton • Dec 27, 2016 at 08:03

The word "war" is a very dramatic word. I think there are more wars being waged on this planet in these last eight years than I can ever remember as a child growing up after two World Wars that seemed back-to-back!There are now more METHODS of war than before, as well. We now have:"wars of words"; culture wars; virtual wars; religious wars, and embedded in that we have "sectarian wars". For a while, at least here in America we had a "war on poverty", and when we are facing a health related pandemic somewhere it is always framed as the "war against"...a disease or microorganism...mostly due to the necessary militant organized effort that seems to require highly skilled, disciplined "troops", "armed" with KNOWLEDGE and BRAVERY! It is all appropriate, but also a very disturbing APPROACH to all the crises that we as humans face.What I loved about this article was the use of the term "banquet". In contrast to the term "war", Mr. Meotti, talks about the efforts of Anti-Semitism to call together all those who wish to annihilate Israel, to gather for a "feast" of combined efforts to agree to HATE and BLAME only one source or focus of their whole raisson d'etre...Infidels: non Muslims!What is my point? It is interesting in the extreme, how the terminology of this present age utilizes the very same words that the Judeo-Christian Bible/Torah-Tanakh uses to illustrate the prophecies for the "times" called, in the Scriptures, the "END OF TIME".To all of those participating in these very significant "battles" of the heart and mind in International relationships, I would ask that you just be aware of the power of the words you have chosen to frame any of the debates...and then, PAUSE to capture the IMPORT your words will have on your own future.

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Clive Delmonte • Dec 27, 2016 at 07:54

Dare I hope that a President Trump might stop funding the UN ? Let the member states pay up their UN dues for a change.

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Solomon Balas • Dec 27, 2016 at 06:23

SC2334 may bring about an overdue restructuring of the UN or its demise. Since its Charter in 1946 with 53 members it added 144 new Nations and is topsy turvey as to a balance conducive to good husbandry.

The West should take heed of Trump, or France and Germany will find themselves at the mercy of the new power blocks building up Russia China Iran Turkey

All hopes rest on the New Trump administration and the UN coming off the brink

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Dr Frank Leavitt "Yeruham" • Dec 27, 2016 at 06:17

We Jews have been here in Israel since long before the come-lately and go-early Mohammedans and Christians. And we'll be here long after they leave.The Mohammedan war, however, is not uniquely a war against the West. They are also against Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism,and every other religion which does not accept the Koran. They are also, of course, against Judaism as well. But Judaism is not a Western religion, as our history shows. Among other things, Abraham brought the Teaching from the East.Islam is huge. But so are we, their enemies, all over the world. If we recognize this and rise up together, we can win.Very best wishes,YeruhamDr Frank LeavittRetired, Ben Gurion University,Resident, Kiriat Arba, Hebron, ISRAEL

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Jeff Page • Dec 27, 2016 at 06:08

So much for "resolutions" that apply to rogue states and religious fanaticism, this current crop of biased manipulative fools seem to consider themselves above criticism. Well they aren't! This is the typical reaction you get when mainly Muslims get to control what people should think! Now we have a crazy mixed up outlook on life that is completely alien to the things we see and hear daily, and the real truth is buried in a deep hole in the hope that nobody will catch on!

These stupid, corrupt, insignificant people are just showing their real colours and their real intent. They should never be part of this organisation, it used to do good things, but has now lowered itself to become the mouthpiece of Islam.

If they think for a second that the ordinary man and woman on the street will ever accept their biased rubbish then they are even more stupid than I think they are. I will not allow the decisions of this bunch of cretins dictate what I should think. Israel has done more good and has far better people than every single Muslim country combined! The UN and UNESCO can push the Islamic agenda as much as they like, when it comes to the crunch, most civilised countries will back up and stand alongside Israel and the wonderful Jewish people. The Muslims can burn in hell, just as their paedophile prophet did!!! Stop all funding of these 2 defunct, corrupted organisations and stop this Islamic push trying to destroy our democracy.

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Terry Sullivan • Dec 27, 2016 at 05:54

I hope Israel disengages with UN and stops all monies--hopefully other western democracies will follow suit--it is the enemy of democracy and should be seen as an Islamic front organization.

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Albert Reingewirtz • Dec 27, 2016 at 05:49

In 1967 Israel liberated Yeroushalaiim, Yehouda and Shomron from the Jordanian land grab. Israel should have stopped using the cobbled name "The West Bank" and called the liberated land by it's 3 millennia real names Yeroushaliim, Yehouda, Shomron. Jew living in our ancestral land are just Jews who naturally returned to live in our ancestral land from where they had been cleansed out by Jordan with the help of the once great Britain. "Settlers" are Americans born in Hawaii such as Barack Hussein himself. Jews in their ancestral land are just Jews living in their ancestral land. They aren't "settlers"

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